Is it possible to resize a parent object without resizing its children? [AD]

[TJNickerson 18]

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but a problem I frequently run into in Affinity Designer is the following: I have an object (such as a rectangle), I make other objects children of this object so they will mask to its bounds, then I find I need to resize the bounds of the parent object. I realize that the intended behavior for resizing a parent element is to resize all of the children elements as if it were any other group. However, I was wondering if there is any method/modifier keys that might let me resize the parent object without modifying the children, just to adjust the bounds. Hopefully this question makes sense... if it isn't possible (which I would not be surprised if it isn't, as it's a rather strange request), is there another easy technique of masking I could use? My usual method is to create parent objects as masks, then just place the objects I wish to mask as children. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! 

[JimmyJack 397]

Lock children.... check it out :) .

 

[TJNickerson 18]

EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thanks so much!

[Petar Petrenko 419]

Lock children.... check it out :)

 

You may be arrested for children abuse.  :D